Display form for shoes



July 8, 1947. J. FITZPATRICK DISPLAY FORM FOR SHOES F il ed Feb. 28, 194s e J. we. i

Patented July 8, 1947 DISPLAY FORM FOR SHOES Jeremiah Fitzpatrick, Weymouth, Mass, assigncr to William J. Fitzpatrick, Abington, Mass.

Application February 28, 1946, Serial No. 650,819

3 Claims.

The invention relates to a display form for shoes, or one that may be employed to give form to a shoe when exhibited or displayed, as in store windows.

The essential object of the invention is to provide a display form of simple character; one that may be easily applied to the shoe; and one capable of quick extension for giving form to the shoe.

A further object of the invention is to provide a display form that may be used in the display of different sizes of shoes and so avoid the necessity of providing a form for every size.

The invention can best be seen and understood by reference to the drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a display form, in non-extended form, embodying the invention, certain interior parts thereof being indicated in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is substantially the same as Fig. 1, excepting that the form is shown extende and a portion of the form is broken away to show certain interior parts in side elevation.

Referring to the drawings: I represents the heel part of the form and 2 the fore part. These are preferably made as separate parts and connected by a link 3 so socketed that the heel part may be turned in relation to the fore part for convenience in applying the form to a shoe or removing it therefrom.

Located in a socket 4 in the heel part to slide therein within the longitudinal axis of the form,

or along a line substantially parallel thereto, is

a bar or plug 5. The length of the bar and the socket within which it is contained is such that the bar may lie fully contained within the socket as shown in Fig. 1, the rear end 6 of the bar being rounded to conform with the adjacent rounding surface of the heel end.

The bar is of such length, however, that it may be projected outside the socket within which it is contained so relatively lengthening the form. The forward end of the bar has an inclined or beveled face 8, the bevel extending from the top of the bar thence forwardly and downwardly to its forward end. Th inclination is preferably one of about 45.

Arranged within the heel part so that it may have driving engagement with the inclined end of the bar is a screw 9 bearing upon its top end a knob H] by which the screw may be turned. The screw is threaded to pass through the heel part of the form in the portion thereof lying above the inclined beveled end of the bar and turns on an axis substantially at right angles to the axis of the bar. Accordingly the screw when turned down will engage the beveled end of the bar 3 in the manner of a wedge and will project the bar backward out of the socket within which it is contained to various adjusted positions, depending upon the amount of turning of the screw. The engaging end [2 of the screw i preferably made cone-shaped with substantially the same inclination as that of the beveled surface 8 against which it is bearing, in order that the bearing on the end of the screw may be continuous as the screw is turned and friction be reduced in so far as possible. The location of the screw is such that when the bar lies unprojected within its socket the screw will then be engaging the top end portion of the beveled surface against which it has bearing, substantially as shown in Fig. 1, thus enabling considerable latitude in extension of the form by projection of the bar as the screw moves down over the beveled end of the bar.

The bar is retained to have a limited projection and be prevented also from turning within its socket by a pin I4 passed laterally through the heel part and through a slot I5 in the bar. The slot should be of sufficient length as will enable the screw to engage the beveled end of the bar from the top to the bottom of the bevel, thus ensuring such full projection of the bar as will be afforded by the turning of the screw.

In practice the unextended form is placed in the shoe and the form then lengthened by projection of the bar by the screw to engage the interior of the heel end of the shoe, thus enabling the fore part of the form to fit snugly within the shoe and give form thereto. The amount of projection given the bar will depend upon the size of the shoe, the form being adaptable for different sizes of shoes within the range of projection afforded the bar.

I claim:

1. In a display form for shoes the combination comprising fore and heel parts, the heel part having a socket in it extending inwardly from the rear end of the heel part, a bar contained to be slidable within said socket, said bar presenting an inclined face on the forward end thereof, and a screw threaded to pass through said heel part above the inclined fore end face of said bar and engage said face as the screw is turned with a wedging action on said bar and move said bar in a rearward direction to project rearwardly beyond the rear end of the heel part of the form in amount depending upon the amount of turnme of the screw.

2. In a display form for shoes the combination comprising fore and heel parts, the heel part having a socket in it extending inwardly from the rear end of the heel part, a bar contained to be slidable within said socket, said bar presenting an inclined face on the forward end thereof, a screw threaded to pass through said heel part above the inclined fore end face of said bar and engage said face as the screw is turned with a wedging action on said bar and move said bar in a rearward direction to project rearwardly beyond the rear end of the heel part of the form in amount depending upon the amount of turning of the screw, and means for limiting the 'slidability of said bar and preventing its turning within said socket.

3. In a display form for shoes the combination comprising fore and heel parts, the heel part having a socket in it extending inwardly from the rear end of the heel part, a bar contained to be slidable within said socket, a screw threaded to pass through and enter said socket, and means including an inclined face and element engaging said face whereby a wedging action will be exerted upon said bar by said screw upon the tightening thereof and the bar be moved in a rearward direction to project rearwardly beyond the rear end of the heel part in manner depending upon the amount of turning of the screw.

JEREMIAH FITZPATRICK. 

